A plea to redirect and evaluate the success of South American's Podocnemidid river turtle
ABSTRACT: We review the current practices of podocnemidid turtle conservation programs in South America and summarize the direct and indirect negative consequences that some of these practices may have on the populations we are attempting to manage. We argue that programs that only focus on nest tra...
- Autores:
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Páez Nieto, Vivian Patricia
Bok Garnier, Brian Carl
Lipman, Alison
Heppell, Selina S.
- Tipo de recurso:
- Review article
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2015
- Institución:
- Universidad de Antioquia
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio UdeA
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/30946
- Acceso en línea:
- https://hdl.handle.net/10495/30946
- Palabra clave:
- América del Sur
South America
Conservación de especies
Tortugas de agua dulce
Freshwater tortoises
Podocnemididae
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_34664
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/co/
| Summary: | ABSTRACT: We review the current practices of podocnemidid turtle conservation programs in South America and summarize the direct and indirect negative consequences that some of these practices may have on the populations we are attempting to manage. We argue that programs that only focus on nest transfer and head-starting as their conservation strategies would be better served by redirecting their efforts toward the protection of subadults and adults and in conducting monitoring programs designed to evaluate the impact of their management practices. Also, we make suggestions for other ways that the management of podocnemidid populations may be improved without resorting to manipulative ex situ practices that may well do more harm than good. |
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